Love never dies when you’re in love with the undead.
Trailer“My girlfriend came back from the dead and then she ate my brother and now she’s going to eat me.” Breaking up is hard to do, especially when you’re in love with a zombie. Gremlins and Matinee director Joe Dante is the new contender for the title of king of the zombie romcom with Burying the Ex.
The new subgenre has already produced last year’s Life After Beth and last month’s Nina Forever. So buy a big gulp of embalming fluid, with.
Anton Yelchin from Fright Nightstars as Max a young man mourning the death of his girlfriend from hell, Evelyn (Ashley Green from The Apparition) in Burying the Ex. Alexandra Daddario from True Detective plays Olivia, the rebound girlfriend.
According to the official synopsis “Burying the Ex follows Max (Yelchin), an all-around nice guy, and his overbearing but incredibly beautiful girlfriend, Evelyn (Greene). Their relationship takes a nosedive after they decide to move in together and Evelyn turns out to be a controlling, manipulative nightmare. Max knows it’s time to call it quits, but there’s just one problem: he’s terrified of breaking up with her. Fate steps in when Evelyn is involved in a freak accident and dies, leaving Max single and ready to mingle. Max eventually meets Olivia (Daddario), a cute and spirited girl who just might be his soul mate, only to learn that Evelyn has risen from her grave and is determined to get her boyfriend back…even if that means turning him into one of the undead.”
Burying the Ex is based on a short film by Alan Trezza. It premiered last summer at the 71st Venice International Film Festival. This is Joe Dante’s first feature film since 2009’s The Hole 3D.
